colorline

Then she attributed it to her sex; but at last she was sure that, beyond chance and womanhood, it was the colorline that was hemming her in.

The Quest of the Silver Fleece A Novel 1915

Job, who as a rule drew the colorline sharply, was polite to Tole.

The Fur Bringers A Story of the Canadian Northwest Hulbert Footner 1911

It marks a colorline among the qualified voters of the same territorial district, admitting only of the votes of white men in the white district, and colored men in the colored districts, in determining in their respective districts the question of an increased assessment for the schools.

Biennial Report of the Superintendent of Public Instruction of North Carolina, for the Scholastic Years 1898-'99 to 1899-1900 Charles Harden 1896

In fact, these test subjects have such a strong level of empathy for "one of their own" - what is also a measure of inter-group distance-that both blacks and whites empathize more with a member of an imagined 3rd racial group, than across the colorline with each other. frightening or comforting?

AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed 2010

This freedom struggle was also one where many brave men and women, across the colorline, folks with real determination, honor, and personal integrity risked their lives to make American democracy and citizenship whole.

AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed 2010

In fact, these test subjects have such a strong level of empathy for "one of their own" - what is also a measure of inter-group distance-that both blacks and whites empathize more with a member of an imagined 3rd racial group, than across the colorline with each other. frightening or comforting?

AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed 2010

This freedom struggle was also one where many brave men and women, across the colorline, folks with real determination, honor, and personal integrity risked their lives to make American democracy and citizenship whole.

AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed 2010

My guess is that because they were raised with an MTv / HipHop soundtrack and the Chicago Bulls and Will Smith and many other prominent black stars who were not breaking the colorline in their respective fields (that was long gone), these kids are more comfortable being with a diverse crowd than their parents who had much less exposure.

BuzzFlash.net: published 2008

IN SPITE OF HANDICAPS which exceed those of the oppressed in almost every other land, there are always individual Negroes in the United States who are not content to settle down to a colorline job but strive to play a man’s part in achievement, regardless of all discouragements.

World’s Great Men of Color J. A. Rogers 1947

IN SPITE OF HANDICAPS which exceed those of the oppressed in almost every other land, there are always individual Negroes in the United States who are not content to settle down to a colorline job but strive to play a man’s part in achievement, regardless of all discouragements.

World’s Great Men of Color J. A. Rogers 1947